Elizabeth didn't value her husband's association with the multi-national. As the play goes on it becomes clear that Burton is actually performing a great service for the people of the African Nation he now works for.

The play ends without Elizabeth ever understanding what a Hero Burton has become. To take the position Burton was taking would put one's life as risk in the real world or lead to "Regime Change".

It is entirely unsatisfactory that Elizabeth makes Her Divorce decision outside of having knowledge of the deeper meaning of Burton's work. The Director should have caught this. The Writer should have made this clear and didn't.

The written character of Elizabeth would have made different choices had she been allowed to discover the important work Burton was involved in. Was an opportunity was missed when everyone was sitting in the living room with Elizabeth. Of course, his friend and co-worker as well as even the African speaking for the Cabinet as well as certainly Burton himself should have made it clear that his work was a great act of Public Service and Elizabeth, in her expressed values elsewhere, would naturally have gained a level of respect unknown before in their relationship.

This would open up a natural decision within her that she must leave here relatively Meaningless Life to join her husband in his Heroic Work as consultant to an emerging grand nation. A nation that has moved on from allowing corrupt ministers to negotiate away natural resources to a strong cabinet determined to stand for its People.

For the movie to end the way it did was quite cynical on several levels and fails to present a worthwhile end of the Play. A real cultural failure showing a weakness in the cultures producing, directing and writing the Play. The actors should have caught this and pressed for deep change in the ending.

Sure, it's a bad movie, but it stars the coolest celeb couple of their era. Taylor's many chic outfits are a plus. Best watched in increments. Only fly in the ointment is Carrie Nye as 'the other woman'; hard to believe -this- is who Dick leaves our Liz for; how much better someone like Rosalind Cash or Jennifer Warren would've been.

43 minutes into Divorce His I had to turn this talky, drawn out part (one) off. I didn't notice characterization or even plot in that time. Watch 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?' instead.

Bought this for $1 at Target. Apart from the cool look at the dated clothing and the somewhat sophisticated settings, the film is a tedious recollection of an ill-advised marriage breaking down. He's a repressed jerk and she's a full-blown neurotic. And that's followed by a couple hours of bickering. Go rent "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" instead.